Up close & personal with our two-toed sloths
Meet Brooke and Sid, Plumpton Park Zoo’s two-toed sloths, in a private encounter just for your group, in Rising Sun, Maryland. Hear their stories, help feed them, pet them and take plenty of photos.
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The experience
A Sloth Encounter is your chance to get up close and personal with the two-toed sloths at Plumpton Park Zoo. It is a private encounter just for your group of up to 4, perfect for animal lovers, and it is offered by appointment only.
Please note: holding the sloths is not allowed.
A two-toed sloth at Plumpton Park Zoo with its tongue out.
people at most in each encounter
Small by design
Sloths are easily stressed, so each encounter is one private group of no more than 4 people. Keeping it small keeps the experience calm for Brooke and Sid and gives every guest time with them.
An adult and a young two-toed sloth at Plumpton Park Zoo.
Your hosts
Brooke and Sid are Plumpton Park Zoo’s two Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths. Like all of Plumpton Park’s animals, they are cared for daily by our animal-care and veterinary teams.
Two-toed sloths come from the rainforest canopy of South America and spend almost their entire lives upside-down in the trees. Learn more about them, and how they live, on our two-toed sloth page.
Choose an open date and time for your group of up to 4. Every time is a private encounter.
Add each guest’s name and age, sign the waiver online and pay securely. Your confirmation arrives by email.
Good to know
Sloth Encounters are $100 per person, and everyone in the group pays, including an adult coming with children. Plumpton Park Zoo members pay $90 per person (10% off): enter your member number, or the email or phone on your membership, with your last name when you book. Not a member yet? One more reason to become a member.
Guests must be 10 years or older, and anyone under 18 needs an adult in the group.
Up close with one of our two-toed sloths.
Questions
$100 per person, and everyone in the group pays. Plumpton Park Zoo members pay $90 per person (10% off): enter your member number, or the email or phone on your membership, with your last name when you book.
Guests must be 10 years or older. Anyone under 18 needs an adult in the group, and the adult is one of the 4 participants.
Each time is one private group of up to 4 people, and everyone in the room counts toward the 4, including an adult coming with children. Sloths are easily stressed, so we keep the groups small.
About 30 minutes. Zoo admission for your group is included, so you can explore the rest of the zoo before or after.
No. You can feed and pet the sloths and take photos, but holding is not allowed.
Book online right here: pick an open date and time, add each guest’s name and age, sign the waiver and pay. Your confirmation arrives by email. You can also email [email protected].
Yes. Zoo admission for everyone in your group is included in the Sloth Encounter price.
Sloth encounters are not refundable. You may reschedule your encounter once, with at least 24 hours’ notice. Call (410) 658-6850.
Up close and personal with our two-toed sloths, by appointment only. $100 per person, ages 10 and up, 10% off for members.
